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President Droupadi Murmu connected Wednesday (January 28, 2026) said the country's advancement got momentum from a fewer cities and regions aft Independence, but peculiar accent is present being fixed to the accelerated improvement of eastbound and northeastern India.
Addressing a associated sitting of some Houses of Parliament, Ms. Murmu besides referred to the accomplishment of a Rajdhani Express bid for the archetypal clip successful the Mizoram capital, Aizawl, and the enthusiasm shown by the section radical that "brought joyousness to the full nation".
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"After Independence, the advancement of India got momentum from a fewer cities and regions. A ample portion of India and a important information of the colonisation did not person entree to capable opportunities. Today, my authorities is transforming the imaginable of underdeveloped regions and marginalised populations into the driving unit for Viksit Bharat," she said.
The President said peculiar accent is present being fixed to the 'Purvodaya', a imaginativeness for the accelerated improvement of Eastern India. Now, caller avenues of advancement are emerging successful the maritime regions of West Bengal and Odisha, she underlined.
Now, the North Eastern portion is besides integrating with the mainstream of development, Ms. Murmu said.
"Assam, successful the northeastern region, is the onshore of large icons similar Srimanta Sankardev. Soon, a semiconductor spot manufactured successful Assam volition go a lifeline for physics products worldwide. Unprecedented attraction is besides being fixed to improving connectivity successful this region," she said.
Ms. Murmu said that successful the past 11 years, much than 7,200 kilometres of nationalist highways person been built successful the northeastern region, making connectivity to remote, hilly, tribal and borderline areas easier.
She said that nether the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, astir 50,000 kilometres of agrarian roads person been built and it has improved entree to markets, hospitals and schools.
"More than ₹80,000 crore person been invested for the improvement of railways successful the northeastern portion during the past 11 years. The capitals of Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, and Mizoram person present been connected done broad- gauge obstruction lines," she said.
This has opened caller opportunities for economical progress, employment, and the tourism manufacture successful these areas, the President said.
"This decennary has besides been a decennary of initiatives for ensuring wellness facilities successful the northeast. The constitution of the State Cancer Institute successful Itanagar and the aesculapian assemblage astatine Sivasagar successful Assam volition assistance supply attraction to crores of families," she said.
Similarly, the constitution of a aesculapian assemblage successful Sikkim's Sichey and a infirmary for women and children successful Agartala volition greatly heighten healthcare facilities, Ms. Murmu said, adding that specified efforts are creating a robust wellness infrastructure successful the northeastern region.
